(19)
(11) EP 1 043 042 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/41

(21) Application number: 00106944.2

(22) Date of filing: 31.03.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61N 1/05
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.04.1999 US 285720

(71) Applicant: THE SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION
Colorado Springs Colorado 80907 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Coe, Michael Sean
    Colorado Springs, Colorado 80904 (US)
  • Harlan, Kenneth D.
    Peyton, Colorado 80831 (US)
  • Diaz, Cesar
    Santa Margarita, California 92688 (US)
  • Plasket, Thomas E.
    Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917 (US)

(74) Representative: von Bülow, Tam, Dr. 
Patentanwaltskanzlei Mailänder Strasse 13
81545 München
81545 München (DE)

   


(54) Lead locking device and method


(57) A lead locking device has a lead engaging member with a mandrel extending along a lumen and attached to the distal end of the lead engaging member such that it extends beyond the proximal end of the lead engaging member. The lead locking device also has a loop handle attached to the proximal end of the mandrel. The lead engaging member has a first configuration which is narrower than a second configuration and is sufficiently long to extend along substantially the entire length of a lead to be removed from a patient's body. Methods of removing a lead from a patient's body include attaching a lead locking device along substantially the entire length of the lead and applying traction to the proximal end of the lead locking device.






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